Apparatus for throwing projectiles



"larProjectiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a'fnll, clear, and exact descrip' endof an elongating projector so made as to cause the torpedo-to travel throughv a long 1 tivepower moves through a short space and ble of fulfillingthcse objects.

together so as to form this jointed latticework is well known, and therefore no special description here is necessary.

tolhold the lattice-worlcflto direct and give against the center joint of the lower section-of the, projector and towhich the power is applied. Th

means of a'socket or other similar device ar v ranged on the out end of said projector 1n the manncushown.

1 NIT-ED 'Sfrarns SOLOMON n. WOLLISON, OF me-Em, M

APPARATUS FOR THROWING PROJECTILES.

Specification forming partof" Letters Patent No To all whom it may concern: v

Be it :knownthat I, SoLoMoN D. WoLLtsort, of Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Art of Projecting Torpedoes'and other Simition of the same, reference .beinghad to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specificatio'n; v p I The object of 1n yinven tion is to project torpedoes and other similar fnlminating'projectiles with steam or, other mechanical power with great volocity'and certainty of direction from any point against any object or vessel which it maybe desirable to destroy or remove-such as the works or ships of an enemy, obstructions in" channels, and the like. ,This object 1 propose to accomplish by fixing the torpedo on the distance and atxa high velocity, while the mowith a' comparatively slow motion.

The drawin represents an apparatus capait consists of a series of bars, H H, joined at-their ends and I centers so as to-form what 1 term a lattice projectorfl 'The manner of joining the'bars The drawing" shows a projector applied to a platform, A, inwhich angular grooves a b are-cut, in which pins on v are made to work effect to the action of then'od' B, which acts torpedo is fixed to the pro ector by plied. in'any convenient way.

retest 1. c l J area ASSACHUS ETTS.

$9,858, dated'Septemher S, 1863 antcdatcd January 31, 1863.

The drawing represents a projector-consisting of seven sections, so that the torpedo travels fourteen times as far as the rod B, or

nearly so, for the rod B in operating the pro-' jector travels but little more than half the length of one of the sections, so that the distance the torpedo will be thrown will depend upon the number of sect-ions composing the }projector', and not upon the distance traveled by the moving power.

- There are a variety of ways in which the projector can be arranged on -the platform; Thus, the center of the lowersection might be fixed to the platform and the power applied to the two lowerends, and the effect would be the same. I

The-apparatus may he fixed in the hull oia ship in water-tight compartmentsmr on the deck,.or on'a raft, on land, or on or in any apparatus which will support it and in which it can be operated; and the power may he ap- The torpedo should he made buoy ant enough to float and to support the end of the projector of the subscribers;

s o. WOLLISON.- A Witnesses:-

Amos BRO AIDNAX, 'H. G. BBOADNAX. 

